Sometimes we just run out of space in filesystems. Whether due to lack of understanding of application storage needs, poor planning or we just need extra space for a development effort, we find it necessary to add disk. Virtualization gives us the ability to quickly provision new virtual disks that behave identically to physical ones. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘System Administration’
I’m a Janitor
A good friend once told me that System Administrators are a lot like Janitors. As long as we’re doing our jobs, no one knows we exist. We lurk in the shadows of the data center like trolls. Though I prefer the term “Custodian”, since it conveys the sentiment of being a care taker. Which is [...]


